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n. M. MANSUR, for AUGUSTA,r MAINE.

Letters .Patent No. 79,242, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVED CARPET-'STRETCHEl-'t AND TAGE-HOLDER.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, R. M. MANSUR, of Augusta, in the county of Kennebee, in the State of- Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpet-Stretchers and Tack-Holders; and I do hereby declare that 'the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Figure 2 a sectional lview of the same. In iig. 1, A refers to a. malleable-iron or composition plate; B, a wooden handle for the same C, the serrated prongs of the plate; D, notches for extracting tacks; E E, elastic rubber bands, to assist in holding the tacks in place. y 4

' In fig. 2,'A'the three-pronged serrated plate F F, little notches in the middle prong ofthe plate, for holding the tacks which are to be driven; E E, the elastic rubber bands, which assist in holding the tacks in place by pressure against them. v

To use this yinst-rument or article, the handle is taken in the left hand, placinga tack in each ofthe notches before described, which is kept in an upright position in place, by the pressure of the elastic band or bands E E, when, by pressing against the edge of the carpet with the serrated plate, it is pushed into place; then, by striking on one of the tacks with a hammer, (or beth tacks, if it is wished to put in two so near together,) it holds. the carpet in place, when the tool may be drawn away from the tack or tacks, and the tack or tacks driven in further if wishcd.- vThe same operation to be repeated as near as it is wished .to have the carpetfastened.

The advantage of this improvement is, the doing away with springs and jointed plates, which are liable to get out of order, and there being two notches or places for placing the tacks, the work can be done faster. The plate being in one piece, it is less complicated, can be made cheaper, and stronger for taking out tacks. Should the elastic bauds become worn after considerable use, they canbe turned on the prongs. There should be a recess in the prongs, the sides, and underneath, for the rubber rings to rest in to keep them in place. If preferred, the little notches can be led in the inside of the two outside prongs, and only one elastic rubber ring nsed on the middle prongi of the serrated plate,`or it can be made with only two prongs, 'a rubber on .one or both, and only one tack used at a time, it being put in the middle of the plate,held in place by the rubber ring or rings.

I disclaim1 the serrated plate A, and the extracting notches D D; but

vWhat. I claim, and desire to ohtain by Letters Patent, is-

The construction of the three-pronged plate, with the elastic rubber rings F F, as a tool for the purposes set forth and herein described. A

R.- M. MANSUR.

Witnesses:

ED'M. F. LBRowN, WALTER EVANS. 

